Building fire performance analysis
โ Scribed by Fitzgerald, Robert W
- Publisher
- Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
xviii, 515 p. : 25 cm
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